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EVENT PREVIEW I JEC COMPOSITES ASIA
Sun shines on JEC Asia
Bringing its trade events into alignment across three continents, it’s time once again for JEC Composites to turn its attention to the Suntec Centre in Singapore, where its Asian exhibition will get underway from 18-20 October. Simon Lott reports.
will come as little surprise in a region where manufacturing enterprise is fast developing in a number of countries, but JEC events have always been about the technology and the JEC Group will as ever be using its latest event as a platform for people to discover just what’s out there. While growth is being seen globally,
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Asian companies are being rapidly propelled into the high technology world of advanced composite materials in order to support ever growing demand. “The composite sector is very dynamic worldwide where we have an average growth of 6%,” explains JEC President and CEO Frederique Mutel, “but specifically here in Asia Pacific, it is experiencing double-digit growth. The region accounts for 43% of the global composite market in volume and its share could climb to more than 50% by 2015. In terms of processing, the main noticeable difference is the development of injection processes replacing manual processes. I have no doubt about the capacity of the Asian composites industry to rapidly improve in this area. Injection processes for example offer high levels of automation and are more suited for the manufacturing of small size parts in the automotive industry.” She continues: “Aeronautics manufacturing is accelerating in the Asia Pacific region, especially in China with manufacturers such as COMAC consider composites as an advanced material option. This is one big development in the worldwide market with potential for
On a roll: The Asia Pacific composites market is experiencing double-digit growth
unprecedented market growth – nearly 30% per year over the past five years – and manufacturers are under pressure to produce more parts, faster, and at lower costs.” But will there be any growing pains?
Mutel adds: “Mass production and large consumption are clearly the biggest challenges. Manufacturers will need to meet more and more production demands. In the aviation sector, almost 26,000 new passenger and freighter aircraft will be needed between 2010 and 2029 to satisfy demand, which works out to a production demand of 4,800 aircraft a year and 100,000 parts! This is the new dimension for our industry and I am proud to say that composites solutions will improve the lives of billions of inhabitants on this planet.”
Asia’s composite meeting place This growth is clearly reflected in support for the event, now in its fourth year, with exhibitors from new
Cross-sector expertise: JEC is keen to encourage dialogue between different product areas
countries such as Indonesia and Russia now getting involved. Mutel continues: “We are opening a fourth hall in 2011 to host the arrival of new exhibitors representing the whole value chain such as material producers, part processors and equipment suppliers. We also expect a significant increase, I hope of more than 8%, in the number of visitors due to the quality of our related programmes. Last year saw the successful launch of the JEC Asia Innovative Composites Summit (ICS) and this year’s programme offers a unique agenda, with eight conferences and forums that will feature around 70 top level speakers pooled from the industry’s leading companies and most prestigious universities.” As at previous events, the ICS merges sector-specific aeronautics, infrastructure, automotive & ground transportation and wind energy forums with more generalised content such as strategy conferences which include a new ‘Global Carbon Fiber Market’
apid growth is the key theme that will characterise the latest incarnation of JEC Asia. This
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